Mantras have an important place in meditation. But the idea has become somewhat prevalent in the West, and in the East to some extent, that the simple repetition of a mantra will eventually cause enlightenment

Pilgrimages are journeys to places of power. People sometimes make pilgrimages to the caves where Milarepa or other great yogis meditated.

All the universes are bound together by a web, a matrix, which is our perception. And our perception actually has colors; it has bands. We call them bands of attention.

Thousands and thousands of incarnations and nothing to show for it. You must choose whether to follow the path of love or the path of attachment.

Some people meditate because they want to get the larger picture on life. It could get kind of discouraging if this was all there was.

The awareness of liberation is not liberation. The awareness of time is not liberation.

From a Buddhist perspective, it is incorrect to always assume that we know what is best.